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iPod Saves Girl From Lightning Strike!

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Offline soccerdude
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The iPod is officially the miracle device of the 21st century. Not only does it let us carry around our entire music collections in our pockets, but it has also saved an infantryman's life in Iraq, and led to the rescue of not one but two groups of lost skiers.

So what does this life-saving media player do for an encore? Control lightning and decrease the effects of electrocution, of course! Sure, stopping bullets and signaling rescue teams is cool, but redirecting a 3,000-volt lightning bolt? Now, that is impressive.

As a thunderstorm shook Rayleigh, England Monday night, 14-year-old Sophie Frost and her boyfriend Mason Billington were hiding under a tree (not the best idea) when Frost was suddenly struck by lightning. Amazingly, the bolt passed through the headphones dangling from her neck, and, as a result, shot across her body instead of through it. According to the Times Online, Frost suffered burns across her neck, chest, and leg, but survived the strike. The jolt did render her unconscious, but Billington, relatively unscathed, carried her out to the road where a passerby drove them to the hospital.

Doctors who treated her said the iPod saved her life. If she had been wearing the headphones in her ears at the time, though, it might have been a different story -- the current would have cooked her brain. She wasn't bright enough to stay out from under the tree, but at least she was smart enough to keep the Demi Lovato out of her ears.
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Where do you get all these weird stories? Great post BTW!
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MasterHacker wrote:
Where do you get all these weird stories? Great post BTW!


Thanks, I look at popular tech sites, and when I find a story, I rewrite for the post....:)
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that awsome.
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She is lucky and yet so stupid...
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Hiding under a tree huh? I guess she just wanted to test the iPod.

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That is why I always have my iPod on me, just incase I get struck by lighting

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LOL. I guess iPods really can do EVERYTHING.
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I an just waiting for the jet pack accessory and I will be set

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awesome
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That's awesome! What was she doing under a tree? Apperently she's not the smartest person.

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insane! lucky little girl.
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Thats little girl better thank God every day..Cuz I know I wouldve if that sh#t happen to me lol damn.

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Haha, wonder what gates will come up with now :D
Mac ftw! Apple makes miracles.

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